An Old Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA ABAB CDCD EFEF GHIH AJAB| The wild duck fly over | A |
| From river to river | A |
| And so the young lover | A |
| Goes roving for ever | A |
| - | |
| They fly together | A |
| He walks alone | B |
| No maiden can tether | A |
| Him with her moan | B |
| - | |
| At the bursting of blossom | C |
| On her breast his head | D |
| He has left her bosom | C |
| Ere the apples are red | D |
| - | |
| Across the valley | E |
| Singing he goes | F |
| In highway and alley | E |
| He seeks a new rose | F |
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| Tell me O maidens | G |
| You who all day | H |
| In lyrical cadence | I |
| Dance and play | H |
| - | |
| Why do you proffer | A |
| Your sweets to one | J |
| Who takes all you offer | A |
| And leaves you to moan | B |
Edward Shanks
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